Akali vs Malzahar

⇄ ChangeYOU · MID

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MID

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

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Respect his ult

Nether Grasp (R) is a suppression: Mercs, Cleanse and tenacity don't work on it, so don't get caught alone with it up.

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Force him to walk up

Keep his shield down and whenever you force him to walk up that's your window to all-in: his ult cooldown is long early.

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Kill his Voidlings

Kill his spawns the instant they appear: his Void Swarm (W) carries more of his waveclear than his E.

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Never rely on Mercs, Cleanse or tenacity to escape his ult: it's a suppression; have your team CC and cancel it instead.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVE

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 48% WR - 1.5k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

Akali vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: his ult is a suppression, Mercs, Cleanse and tenacity do nothing, so never get caught alone once he hits 6.

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